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Guatemala: Rush to Leave

7:09 am
Its been a habit of waking up early. A lot of the people here are up already too. I like how I feel when I go to bed early and wake up early. I feel like I have so much more time to get things done or to just relax in the morning and not feel like Ive wasted so much time. Its hard to keep up this schedule in the States though because I need to use the evening hours to get stuff done and thats the lifestyle there.

The sun is out today and I dont see any clouds, how exciting! But, its our last few hours here so we can't enjoy it fully...

Im excited to get home, traveling can get exhausting but I also dont want to leave Guatemala. Its so beautiful here, everyone is so friendly and I love exploring new places.

I forgot to talk about the heat lightning! Last night we had some which created a cool atmosphere as we walked around the city at night. There was a lot of it at the Yoga Forest too. Especially the last night that one of the girls from our retreat taught yoga. It was dark, there was tons of lightning, some rumbling thunder and also some bats flying around in the open space! It was pretty magical and she does these awesome adjustments too. I just want her to do yoga with me all the time!

Man, I slept SO good last night because of the big hike and fun human interaction yesterday and am feeling so good today. I dont want to leave this place.

1:41pm Aeropuerto
We had to run around the city this morning to find an ATM and a shuttle service because our hostel wasn't running them when we needed one. When we got to the shuttle ($10 for an hour ride to the airport) we were able to take our time. I wanted more chocolate from the Coco Museo but it was closed. But we just walked around the Parque Central and the arch before we went to the market. Then it was time to pack up and say goodbye to El Hostel.


We sat in Parque Central and I watched this bird try and eat a peanut until a big fat pigeon came and scared it away. We were able to stop at the Coco Museo on the way to the shuttle where I bought SO much chocolate! Its too good...

We also almost missed our shuttle because the pickup spot was different! The man who reserved our spot spoke only Spanish and wasn't very slow with it so it was very hard to understand. But he was able to figure it out for us and we made it!

Now Im at the airport and our plane is delayed a bit but we should make our connection, hopefully...
Ill be back in the states soon!

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